Sticky note
A sticky note (or Post-it note) is a small piece of paper with a strip of glue along one edge that make it "sticky," so you can stick it to things. It was invented by Arthur Fry.
The most common sticky note is the Post-it, which is made by a company called 3M. In 1974 a man named Arthur Fry came up with the idea for the sticky note. He used a glue that was originally too weak to be used for anything else, so the notes would come off easy. 3M started to sell Post-Its in 1980.[1]
In 2001, the patent for the glue that 3M uses on Post-it notes expired, so many other companies now make similar sticky notes.
Sticky Note Media
Arthur Fry with a Post-it note on his forehead
The adhesive side of a Post-it note, magnified 555 times with a scanning electron microscope
Klaus Theweleit reading from a book with post-it notes as bookmarks
An example of Post-it note use in the workplace
Post-it notes used to create a mosaic
Occupy movement Post-it notes at the Paradeplatz in Zürich
References
- ↑ "Spencer Silver". Retrieved 2010-12-24.
Other websites
Media related to Post-it notes at Wikimedia Commons
- Official Post-It notes Website
- Post-It notes Generator Archived 2020-11-06 at the Wayback Machine
